COMMON CAUSE A REGD. SOCIETY vs U.O.I. .

The Supreme Court held that the allotments of retail outlets for petroleum products made by Capt. Satish Sharma were arbitrary, discriminatory, and mala fide, violating Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The Court found that the allotments lacked transparency, proper criteria, and were made without any public invitation for applications, thus rendering them illegal. The Court quashed the allotments and emphasized that public property must be distributed in a bona fide manner by government officials.